I like this picture I took a couple of weeks ago because it causes the bridge to be blacked out, and really gives it a more of a lack of texture.

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I really like in the picture how the sun hits the hand rail off to the right side. It gives it a completely different texture then the rest of the image. Almost a goldish heavenly feel.

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This weekend my best friend came to visit me! My pride and joy is my silly blue couch. (I love it very much). I have a North facing window in my apartment and the light this morning showed off the texture of the mattress. You can see all the swirls and how they bleed into one another. You can make out all of the texture in the sheet and other blankets. If you look closely, you can see all the lights and shadows that the folds in the blankets make. The rug on the bottom left of the photo has an interesting pattern that creates texture as well. All of the fibers are noticeable with the morning light.

This is another photo from my trip to Washington Island this summer. I took this while sitting on one of the many docks there. You can see the subtle ripples in the water. And further away from the camera, you can see deeper and more compact ripples. The water trails from the two birds also create texture in the water. The light from the sunset hits the trees at an angle and allows you to see the branches and composition of the pine needles.

I took this photo over the summer at Washington Island up in Door County. This was taken on Schoolhouse beach, one of nine naturally occurring smooth stone beaches in the world. The natural daylight shows off the ripples in the water. They smooth out the closer they get to the shore, leaving for a crystal clear viewing of the smooth stones. You can make out each individual stone.

In this photo, I like the way that the light filters into the room through the blinds. It leaves a soft glow of daylight which details each thin pannel. The light from the ceiling light (not pictured) shows the wrinkles in the curtains. If you look closely, you can also see a thin line down the wall on the right side of the photo. It shows where the two walls in my bedroom meet from an angle. You can see the texture in the wall as your eye trails down the line.

I took this photo last night from an 11th-floor window; this new position changed my perspective of what I thought clouds looked like. This occurrence reminded me that when watching a play, lighting can look different from each seat. The layering of clouds in the sky amazed me. I like how the clouds reflect the light that I imagine is behind them. The sun setting and the darkness coming upon it all helped to give a firm texture.

It seems that I had a lot of success finding textures as the sun was setting. This was taken at the end of the pier at the McKinley marina looking towards the apartments on Prospect Ave. I really like how even though the waters were calm the light and shadows really accentuated the ripples and small waves on the water.

I was really drawn to how the sun was underlighting the clouds as it set. It added a lot of definition to the fluffiness and the colors seemed to blend into an almost golden dusty brown as opposed to a reddish pink color.

While looking at this picture of my friend’s cat I caught on to a couple of details due to lighting. First being how it makes the screen present and noticeable. The lighting and proximity allows it to show. Next while looking at the cat you can see the texture of the fur. The different ways it naturally sits and frames the animal. How it bends outward and sticks out individually, but the lighting also brings out the luster in the coat. See how it naturally shines in the parts that are lit.

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Picture 1: The reflections I saw on the wall this morning from the blinds at my parents’ house. I liked that they’re perfect circles, even though the blinds are normal.
Picture 2: In our bathroom we have these tiles and I liked that the light really showed the texture in the glass.
Then for Entries 3 & 4 I was driving both at sunrise and sunset this week. I loved how the light interacted with all the textures like brick and glass from the buildings differently. It was also interesting to see some of the differences between sunrise and sunset, especially from the interstate.

I notice texture on my wall every morning. It is a result of the sun peeking through the blinds, and the bed frame blocking more light. The sun in my eyes wakes me up, but it is fun to look at.

Aminah Rockett
Theatre Production Major
UWM Peck School of the Arts

The window, the blinds and the trees outside are all shown through the light and shadow on the ceiling.

The light here was creating so many textures it’s honestly a little overwhelming. The shadows on the ground coming between the leaves, the leaves in the back all having different intensities of light on them create a ton of depth, then the reflection of the sky on the water overlays the texture of the leaves on top of the rocky bottom and it’s beautiful, but as I said it’s quite a bit all at once.

In this photo, the absence of light is most influential to me. I argue that without the nothingness of the background, the texture created by the fire wouldn’t be able to capture or, let alone be possible. When looking at this, I enjoy how the light from the center of the fire pushes outward creating texture as it loses energy on its way to our eyes. I see countless areas of texture, do you?

As I was sitting doing my homework outside, I noticed that the light shining through the table created an interesting texture beneath and onto my ground. This has always caught my eye in the past, and I have utilized it this time to take an aesthetically pleasing photo.

Aminah Rockett
Theatre Production Major
UWM Peck School of the Arts

The beams create a bunch of different textures on the ground. It looks very cool.

In this image we can see how the light of the sky casts different colors onto the clouds, but in a way that emphasizes the shape and the texture they make in the sky. You can see the depth in the dark blue, but how the pink is brought more forward. It’s all clumpy and not smooth in the sky.

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